Synopses & Reviews
This books is an eye-opening, hands-on, look at how entrepreneurs and innovative leaders come up with new ides. Hoover offers practical how-to techniques and advice on how to focus on each step required for building a great enterprise. Starting with observing the world around us and seeing patterns where others see only fragments, Hoover shows how to weave together a passionate vision that is clear, consistent, unique, and worthwhile.
Synopsis
Through stories and exercises, Gary Hoover teaches readers how to cultivate the virtues that are at the heart of every breakthrough in business--curiosity, clarity, passion, and panoramic vision. This book is geared for the entrepreneur or the individual who seeks to think bigger, broader--for business and pleasure.
About the Author
Gary Hoover travels the world speaking to Fortune 500 executives, trade associations, entrepreneurs, and college and high school students about how enterprises are built and how they stand the test of time. His speeches and workshops have ranged from the Hong Kong and Jakarta chapters of YEO (Young Entrepreneurs Organization) to keynote at the National Association of Convenience Stores Convention and the Mid-Atlantic Venture Capital Conference, from Oracle client conferences to strategic planning meetings of major law firms. From his own successes and failures, and from the lessons of the thousands of companies studied by Hoovers, he draws real-life examples of the things that really matter. He talks about the role of history, of geography, of demography, of curiosity, and the other key things that arent discussed every day in the newspaper or the classroom. Gary speaks from long experience and long study about the big picture, about the critical components of the successful business mission.
Gary lives in Austin, Texas, with his 40,000-book personal research library. In Austin, he has worked to develop entrepreneurial thinking among local young people, helping to create a group of students who meet monthly to learn the keys to entrepreneurial success.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1.The Open, Absorbent, Ready Mind 2.Complexity, Gathering Information, and Asking Questions 3.Seeing the Whole: Comprehensive Thinking 4.First Step for Innovation 5.The Expected World and the Role of Serendipity 6.Seeing What Others Do Not 7.Looking Through Different Lenses: The Renaissance Mind 8. Right Under Your Nose and All Around You 9.Why History Matters: The Importance of Watching Trends 10.The Biggest Trend: The Implications of an Aging Baby Boom 11.Other Big Trends to Watch 12.Watching History Unfold and Looking at Curves 13.A Useable Past: Learning from History 14.A Sense of Place: Why Geography Matters 15.Seeing the World Through Foreign Eyes 16.Thinking Regionally 17.The Rise of the World 18.The Seven Big Trends Producing Wealth Around the World 19.Globalization and Local 20.Technology in a Changing World 21.Cities: The Greatest Human Enterprise 22.The Power of Vision 23.The Clear Vision 24.The Consistent Vision 25.The Unique Vision 26.Built to Serve 27.Keeping Your Eye on the Customer 28.Vision for Enterprises Old and New 29.Looking at Industries and Enterprises 30.Merger Mania 31. Customer Focus: Innovation and Branding 32.The Right Stuff: What It Takes to Succeed